Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the efforts of organizations such as Second Harvest to provide emergency food assistance to hungry people in the United States, and encouraging all Americans to provide volunteer services and other support for local antihunger advocacy efforts and hunger relief charities, including food banks, food rescue organizations, food pantries, soup kitchens, and emergency shelters.
2004-10-05: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Urging the establishment and observation of a legal public holiday in honor of Cesar E. Chavez.
2004-03-31: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E496)
Recognizing the inauguration of President Roh Moo Hyun as a momentous moment for the people of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and an opportunity to broaden and deepen the friendship and cooperation between the United States and the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.
2003-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Recommending expenditures for an appropriate visitor's center at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site to commemorate the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School.
2004-09-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the day civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner gave their lives in the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for every citizen of the United States and encouraging all Americans to observe the anniversary of the deaths of the 3 men by committing themselves to ensuring equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal justice for all people.
2004-06-22: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II.
2004-03-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Honoring the life and faithful service of former Congressman Lucien E. Blackwell of Pennsylvania.
2003-04-01: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the ongoing need to provide every qualified American with equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and the indispensability of Affirmative action programs in securing such equal access.
2003-03-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Declaring genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
2004-09-07: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Remembering the victims of the genocide that occurred in 1994 in Rwanda and pledging to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again.
2004-04-02: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
2004-10-05: Received in the Senate.
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the world's freshwater resources.
2004-08-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to Title IX athletics policies contradict the spirit of athletic equality and gender parity and should not be implemented, and that Title IX should be kept intact.
2003-03-31: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Condemning the Government of the Republic of the Sudan for its attacks against innocent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan.
2004-05-18: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Celebrating 10 years of majority rule in the Republic of South Africa and recognizing the momentous social and economic achievements of South Africa since the institution of democracy in that country.
2004-09-07: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment the Nation can make available, and for other purposes.
2004-04-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2341-2342)
Calling for the adoption of a Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism ("SMART") Security Platform for the 21st Century.
2004-12-06: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10920-10921)
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding negotiating, in the United States-Thailand Free Trade Agreement, access to the United States automobile industry.
2004-03-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education.
2004-05-05: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
To recognize more than 5 decades of strategic partnership between the United States and the people of the Marshall Islands in the pursuit of international peace and security, and for other purposes.
2004-03-22: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.